1st applicant who holds herself out as the Acting President of the political formation known as the Movement forDemocratic Change (T) , hereinafter referred to as MDC-T, brought this application under a Certificate of Urgency. This is an application for an interdict. More
The applicant was arraigned before a magistrate sitting at Gweru on the 14th June 2018 facing a charge of contravening section 114 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23), stock theft. The allegations being that on 8 October 2017 he stole two cows belonging to the complainant, one Nokuthaba Ndlovu. The applicant pleaded guilty to the offence and was duly convicted and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment after the court made a finding that there were no special circumstances warranting the imposition of a sentence less than the mandatory sentence as prescribed by law. The applicant... More
This is an urgent application. At the commencement of the hearing I informed the legal practitioners for the parties that I would first hear argument on the preliminary points raised by the 2nd respondent. After hearing argument on the preliminary points I reserved judgment. This is the judgment on the preliminary points raised by the 2nd respondent. More
This is the 3rd bail application the applicant has filed. He was unsuccessful in the first two and has decided to try his luck one more time. The application is made on the basis that there has been “a change in the circumstances” since the dismissal of the last application. More
This appeal is against the judgment of the Magistrates Court sitting at Victoria Falls, handed down on 16 May 2024, dismissing an interpleader claim by the appellant. We engaged counsel at the beginning of the appeal hearing regarding what appeared to us to have been a splitting of the appeal. That engagement was because a few days previously, we had dealt with another appeal arising from the same proceedings as this appeal did, albeit by a different appellant. We ultimately decided not to go back to that issue. More
